Shaving-brush.



R. E. REAMES.

SHAVING BRUSH.

APPLICATION ruin MN. l5. i915.

1,155,096.' Pawnaspn 28, 1915.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RALPH ELIJAH REAMES, 0F DENT, MINNESOTA.

SHAVING-BRUSH.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RALPH E. REAMES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dent, in the county of Ottertail and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shaving-Brushes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the` invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This inventlon relates to new and useful improvements in shaving brushes and especially to a brush having incorporated within the hollow shank thereof a cake or stick of soap, means being provided for feeding the soap back and forth within the handle of the brush.

The invention consists further in various details of construction, combinations and arrangements of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

The present invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings which,

Ywith the letters of reference marked thereon,

drical shell forming the handle of the brush,

having the bristles B thereonl and the inte-l Specification of Letters Patent.

' soap Patented sept. 2s, 1915.

Application ledJanuax'y 15, 1915. Serial No. 2,428.

rior of the shell is threaded. A shell C, circumferentially threaded, is adapted to fit the threads Within the handle and has two 1 grooves D formed parallel to each other in the inner wall thereof. A disk D has a milled edge and is provided with two oppositely disposed integral fingers F, parallel to each other, adapted to engage said grooves and the end of each finger has a laterally bent portion adapted to engage the inner end of the shell to prevent the fingers from being l`pulled out of the grooves. A stick of is fitted within the shell C.

In operation, by turning the milled disk, the shell C may berotated to feed the soap forward when the brush is being used and a reverse movement to the milled disk will cause the stick of soap and shell carrying the same to be withdrawn from the brush.

What I claim to be new is A shaving brush comprising a hollow cylindrical handle having an annular groove in one end with bristles secured therein, a shell with circumferential threads engaging the threads of the handle, said shell having grooves formed in the inner surface thereof at oints diametrically opposite each other, a disk with integral fingers projecting therefrom and engaging said grooves and their inner ends outwardly bent at angles and adapted to engage the inner end of the hollow handle.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my,

Witnesses:

EDW. J. STOLL, WM. J. HEFFERNAN. 

